Friday's Focus - 2018/12/21 - Winter Wonderland

JimFox

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Our Focus this Friday is Winter Wonderland. With Christmas just around the corner, the idea of a Winter Wonderland seems so appropriate.

Now my vision had been for a forested winter scene, but alas I have run out of time digging into my archives, so I have come up with 2. The first one is one I created in Colorado in RMNP a few years back with one of my Granddaughters. It's got it's weaknesses for sure, but it was a fun experiment. The 2nd one is from the Dallas Divide in Colorado.

Please add your Winter Wonderland photos to this thread.

Jim

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Ken Rennie

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Lake District Dawn
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. This was taken when I was still trying to cram everything into my landscape images. Nowadays I would use a 200mm lens and explore aspects of the scene. This is a 5 shot panorama taken @35mm with the first light illuminating the hills beyond Borrowdale. Ken
 
Ken Rennie

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Bob said:
Here is my contribution. This is West Fork Canyon after a heavy snow. The snow is isolated to the right half of the image because of an overhang that is sheltering one side.
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Definitely a picture of 2 halves Bob. Don't take this the wrong way but on first glance it looks like a bad cut and paste job.
 
Jim Dockery

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My favorite season! Hopefully we'll get some snow like this soon.

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Composite shot on one of the best back-country powder days I''ve had in WA. We call this "continuous faceshots" when the snow billows up to cover your face on every turn. BTW, Eric is 6'4"

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Eric forgot his goggle and had to stop every few hundred feet to clear his sunglasses!

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Jeff reaches out to plant his pole anticipating the next turn. This is one of the most important techniques many intermediate skiers skip - it helps keep your weight balanced in the center of your skis so you can carve them into the snow, and not sit back too far.
 
Ben Egbert

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Well winter is my least favorite month, so I only have a few. Here is one from last year, same place as yesterdays post. The parking space was not bermed over so it was one of the rare times it was accessible in winter.


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And one more from yesterday.

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AlanLichty

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A simple winter scene at Mt. St. Helens while the cinder cone was still in a growth stage.

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Mt. St. Helens

A snowy portrait of Mt. St. Helens from 2008 with active steam vents.

Snow is not common along the Pacific coast but it can happen. This is a panorama of the Astoria area taken from the column park:

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Astoria in White

A rare snow blanket covers Astoria, Oregon.

One thing I like about living at 200' elevation - I don't have to shovel rain :)

This is from Salt Lake City before I got tired of shoveling:

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I don't miss that in the slightest :D
 
Ken Rennie

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Bob said:
Here is my contribution. This is West Fork Canyon after a heavy snow. The snow is isolated to the right half of the image because of an overhang that is sheltering one side.
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Oops my first comment was ambiguous. This image is a complete juxtaposition, a placid river flowing past warm sandstone almost a summer scene instantly changing to cold snow leaden trees. Were you standing in the river to take this?
 
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